If You recieve this message You are included in circle !!!To get in, and to ensure you stay in #thebestfriends circle you need to do the following:1. Include me in your circles...!!!2. Add the circle if you can, if not try again later.3. Plus this post...!!4. Publicly share this circle...!!5. Leave a comment on this circle so I know you have done the three steps above...!!!*#photography #circlesharingforthepeopleplc #sharedpubliccircles #sharedcircles #share #sharedcircleoftheday #sharewithyou #circlethursday #followme #followers #followback #circle #googleplus #coolpeople #circleshare #sharedcircles #sharedcircle #frankfurt #germany #hamburg #germany #munich #greece #greece #athens #greece #heraklion #greece #rhodes #portugal #funchal #portugal #lisbon #portugal

This circle contains people who really are interesting and active people on Google Plus.Grow your G+ community with people that share amazing content that will surprise you:If you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!#bosmol #BosmolCircle #GrowthCIrcle #GooglePlus #CircleShare #sharedpubliccircles #sharedcircles #circlesharing #circleshared #publiccirclesproject #publicsharedcircles #circleoftheday #google #circle #circles #publiccircle #sharedcircles #sharedcircle #morefollowers #sharingcircles #circleshare #sharedpubliccircles #sharedpublicircles #sharedcircle #AddCircle #FindCircles #addcircle #circlemeup #circlesdiscovery #circleshare #circlesharing #publiccircle

This is my circle named 'Photographers'. Everyone in this circle share beautiful photos - of landscapes, birds, animals, flowers, babies, and people.In fact, I have 1024 people in this circle, but can share only 500 of them at a time. Try this circle, add some colour to your stream.﻿

If you are not in this circle and want to be in this circle, please do the following:1. Add us to your circles, if you haven't done so already.2. Publicly share this post to public, your circles and extended circles.3. If possible, leave a comment on this circle so I know you have done the three steps above.﻿

Here is a group of Active Engagers, Circle Sharers, Awesome Plus Oners, and Cool People on Google Plus! Circle Sharing is an awesome way to increase your followers and active engagers on your profile. Some of my favorite people that I've met here on Google + through Circle Sharing. Want to be in the next Circle of Awesomeness? Follow the Steps Below! ☛ Add the circle ☛ Share in the Public ☛ Plus 1 the Post. ☛ Comment. ﻿

Circle photographer+Artist , photographer , amateur or professional +A.P.A.P.Grand talent +A.P.A.P.Macro Architecture Bird & Info for sharing événemment contest +A.P.A.P. Cascade, montagne, paysage By +jany viala & +Krzysztof Felczak & +Petra Honecker The sea and the lakelong exposureMonday sharing takesphotos do its not mine ! to you!And for me it makes sense for videoThe name of the photographersounds camera for information on long exposure ! the place and countryVideo : No information is not a videoI can not realize a video, without information about youthank you Jany. #circle #circlecount #circlecountauthpage #googlecircleshare #googlecircle #googlephotographers #googleplus #google ﻿

3 Circle, photographer and Sharing +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional by +jany viala 0-circle 1- A to H2-circle 2 - I to P0-Circle 3 - Q to Zby Alphabetical of last nameyou find in the circle of interesting peoplethe Artist, Photographers, Amateur, and ProfessionalPeople who sharingThank you for sharing the work of photographerFor photographers who wishes shared with #artistphotographeramateurorprofessional +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional by +jany viala an honor and we are happy to share your workthank you!The person in the circles sounds of my people who addedIn 2014 them circle are going expandThank you for my person who added to their circleHappy holidays, year-end. #circle #googleplus #googleplusphotos #thankyou ﻿

Circle +Viala Jany & +jany viala circle A.P.A.P. Page UpdateI added amateur photographerwhich number to exceed 500Shares two circleI withdrew people removed from their environmentIn this circle there are people who surround myYou make the photo and you want to join to ask registration hereYou are welcomeFor the photographer who wants to share their work we will be happy to share #artistphotographeramateurorprofessional +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional by +jany viala For selection +A.P.A.P.Grand talent For the amateur photographer if he wants to share their photos we invite the community to share their work we share the most beautiful picturesfor people that I added to their circle and removed after being added to turn in my circle sounds removed , asis their sharing circle is removed from +jany viala circle A.P.A.P. Page alsoThank you to all my people who added and sharing their workgood evening﻿

Sharing Circle +jany viala circle A.P.A.P. Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~New Photographer +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We will be happy to Patager your workindicated by #artistphotographeramateurorprofessional +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional +jany viala ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PrésentationSomethin words to describe #artistphotographeramateurorprofessional +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional By +jany viala it is not easy for meto describe the beauty of your photosthey are all wonderfulIf the work is great that I can share it with +Artist , photographer , amateur or professionalFor selection +A.P.A.P.Grand talent by +jany viala And I 'd be happy to shareas your work deserves to be sharedFor me sharingrespected photographerThank you !+A.P.A.P.Grand talent and pageFor selection by the public and members of the communityArtist , photographer , amateur or professional For sharing by +jany viala +A.P.A.P.Grand talent is selected with the +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CommunityArtist , photographer , amateur or prof

CerclePrésentationSomethin words to describe #artistphotographeramateurorprofessional +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional By +jany viala it is not easy for meto describe the beauty of your photosthey are all wonderfulIf the work is great that I can share it with +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional For selection +A.P.A.P.Grand talent by +jany vialaAnd I 'd be happy to shareas your work deserves to be sharedFor me sharingrespected photographerThank you !+A.P.A.P.Grand talent and pageFor selection by the public and members of the communityArtist , photographer , amateur or professional For sharing by +jany viala +A.P.A.P.Grand talent is selected with the +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional pageCommunityArtist , photographer , amateur or professional by +jany viala Directors letter membersartist :We 're all . That's why I 've included our painter friends.photographer:We all have one thing in common , we like the photo.amateur:We have the desire to learn.professional:We are surrounded by great photographer . And I thank you for having followed me in this adventure. Thank you my friends .And if you want to join . Let us know. You're welcome﻿

CercleToday I go to my CircleCountI looked at my historymy eye is placed on the number of public circlewe do not see them allthanks you!The idea came!Saying thank you! you who are so kind! added me to sharing in your public circleThank you! a great Honor!I will share in my turn in the circle photographerwith #artistphotographeramateurorprofessional +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional +A.P.A.P.Grand talent +A.P.A.P. Cascade, montagne, paysage+A.P.A.P.Macro Architecture Bird thank you﻿

Here is my first public circle share: the most inspiring photographers on Google+Feel free to add these amazing people to your circles and know that their posts will brighten your days! #circleshare #sharedcircles #photographerstofollow ﻿

Sharing what I lovingly call my Spirituality Circle ...though there are certainly many more that perhaps should be included.If you'd like to be added, just let me know. Please feel free to share this Circle. #spirituality #sharedcircles #addme #addcircle #Trust #Faith #Spirit #Soul #enlightenment #ascension ﻿

2500 Kick Ass Google+ Photographers (part 3 of 5)This is the fifth time I've shared my photographer's circle on Google+. I'm going to share it in 5 posts. Last week I shared last name A-Da, and Da-Ho. Today's , part 3 of 5, today, represents Ho-Mi. I'll share the remaining two tomorrow and Thursday. I originally shared my photographers circle at 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 photographers. I'll probably share it again eventually when it gets to 3,000.A few notes about this circle.The criteria that I look for (and don't always get right) in this circle is that the photographer produce interesting and engaging photography. I also look for people who are active in the community, post mostly their own work, and post regularly. I'm looking more for people who post their own work and less of the noise stuff (gifs, links, non-photography, promotions, etc.). I also like people who are positive, friendly, nice, helpful, etc. and dislike people who are mean, snarky, jerks, disrespectful, etc.I have a pretty well known bias against signatures and watermarks. You will see very few photographers in my circles who use them. I really hate the watermark debate and would rather not have it with folks. I just don't like them -- it's my circle that I have to look at. There are likely a few folks in here who use them who are friends of mine, but for the most part, this is a pretty watermark free circle. It's totally cool if you love your watermark, it's just not something I really want to look at. Please don't hate me for my aesthetic preference. Finally, the photography community on Google+ is probably the best one on the internet today. There is no way that I can possibly include all of the fine photographers worth following on G+. There are wayyyyy too many. These are just 2,500 that I personally have noticed. I'm sure I left out some really amazing ones -- like you if you are not in this circle :) I'll probably also totally kick myself when I realize that I accidentally left out a really obvious good one who may even be a friend of mine -- again, maybe even like you. :)Stay tuned for parts 4 and 5 and thanks again to all of the great photographers on G+ who make this place such a delight to hang out.Part 1-5: http://goo.gl/17ujpnPart 2-5: http://goo.gl/3vn0OC*Note, Google Circles are terribly wonky. It wouldn't let me add some photographers in my circle into these circles because of "domain errors." If this affected you, sorry about that.﻿

Photographer 2013 Circle updatemy photographers circle with many amazing people, showing outstanding photos. Many landscape photographers included as well as nice people. Of course the landscape photographers are nice too ;-)If you want to be in this circle :• request for it• post your own photos.• keep the number videos to a minimum in your streamIf you like to, you can share this circle or add to your own ones.have a great day always 'good light'﻿

The world's best photographers in Google +modifications, adds and edits done in these circles. This is Circle 5/5. So remember to check the other circles to, if you are looking for your self.IMPORTANT!If you are in one of these circles. Mark + to this update and share it! That's the only way to get more people in these circles and get your self to other circles.If you know good photographers who are not yet in these circles, put the proposal here.From now on the update list of these circles, is published once a month.﻿

The World's Best Photographers circle update is here again! Some modifications, adds and edits done in these circles. This is Circle 5/5. So remember to check the other circles to, if you are looking for your self.IMPORTANT!If you are in one of these circles. Mark + to this update and share it! That's the only way to get more people in these circles and get your self to other circles.﻿

Moan Lisa's All Kinds of People Shared Circle - September 24, 2012want to be included in tomorrow's circle? add & reshare this circle to public.it is what it is!included in this circle are the following community art projects:+Moan Lisa's Art Akademie™ : "art school" with daily assignments posted at +MLAA Course Syllabus™ and with a growing student base. Every weekday we run a different theme, open to the community to contribute to. Our philosophy is "ART IS FOR EVERYONE," and do not expect any level of skill from our participants. Have fun, make art.+Pocket Poem : a page dedicated to resharing poetry submissions from the general public. If you write poetry, plus-mention our page to your posts and we will reshare them to the page so others are able to find poets to connect with.+Heaven And Earth : a daily art theme "where sky meets land."+FLUXUS PORN : the page is under construction, but we are hoping to create the atmosphere similar to that of a book club, geared toward the subject of "art & pornography" and will possibly be hosting a weekly discussion of pornographic film (viewed individually by members) with the intent of holding a discussion about the film among us after watching. if you are interested in helping us create content to fuel discussion, please get in touch with me: antiart@moanlisa.com

Travel Bloggers Shared CircleResharing my circle of travel blog profiles and pages for the new travel bloggers who joined up (or became active again) after the talk by +C.C. Chapman yesterday at #TBEX in Girona.Please feel free to reshare so everyone has more chance of seeing the list and adding everyone they're interested in.I know this is far from complete, so please let me know in the comments who I'm missing from this list. ﻿

it's time to share the circle of +Mirror Monday if you like to be in, please, post a pic on monday with the tag #MirrorMonday , nominate the curators +Elizabeth Edwards and +Gemma Costa and ask me here to be includedif you don't like to be in tell me and I'll erase your name thanks for all the beautiful shots posted for this theme and have a nice day! ﻿

Blake's Circle of Inspirational PhotographersThis circle includes many amazing and inspirational photographers. These great photographers just need to get noticed, and here, they will.If you think you deserve to be included in the next Amazing Photographers circle, please simply publicly share the post and comment on the Original post.If you are included in this current circle, It would be great if you could add the circle or share it to your stream.The Next Circle Share will be on the 22nd of September and ALL People in this circle will be cleared. If you would like to reapply please simply comment below and share this post!*Thanks,Blake #sharedpubliccircles #photography #circleshare #photographers ﻿

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Living in a Hipster Paradise - Habitat 67(Full post from Habitat 67 at http://goo.gl/3dpXQ )

My ideal morning starts by waking up around 10am and involves another hour of burrowing in warm blankets. Sadly, as a photographer, this fantasy is only a plague on my mind when trying to capture the early morning rays. Especially in winter. Especially in Montreal. And so, at the snot freezing, digit disabling, toe numbing temperature of 25°F (32°C, and that’s without the windchill coming off the St.Lawrence), I found myself in Habitat 67 starring at some of the most marvelous modern architecture on Earth, and I was completely grumpy about it. With sunrise angles and times calculated, reference images found, and even a new wide angle lens purchased, all that remained was to have fun and take the photos. Thankfully, Habitat 67 is quite photographic and the light was still low enough to pla... more »

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Living in a Hipster Paradise - Habitat 67(Full post from Habitat 67 at http://goo.gl/3dpXQ )

My ideal morning starts by waking up around 10am and involves another hour of burrowing in warm blankets. Sadly, as a photographer, this fantasy is only a plague on my mind when trying to capture the early morning rays. Especially in winter. Especially in Montreal. And so, at the snot freezing, digit disabling, toe numbing temperature of 25°F (32°C, and that’s without the windchill coming off the St.Lawrence), I found myself in Habitat 67 starring at some of the most marvelous modern architecture on Earth, and I was completely grumpy about it. With sunrise angles and times calculated, reference images found, and even a new wide angle lens purchased, all that remained was to have fun and take the photos. Thankfully, Habitat 67 is quite photographic and the light was still low enough to pla... more »

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Living in a Hipster Paradise - Habitat 67(Full post from Habitat 67 at http://goo.gl/3dpXQ )

My ideal morning starts by waking up around 10am and involves another hour of burrowing in warm blankets. Sadly, as a photographer, this fantasy is only a plague on my mind when trying to capture the early morning rays. Especially in winter. Especially in Montreal. And so, at the snot freezing, digit disabling, toe numbing temperature of 25°F (32°C, and that’s without the windchill coming off the St.Lawrence), I found myself in Habitat 67 starring at some of the most marvelous modern architecture on Earth, and I was completely grumpy about it. With sunrise angles and times calculated, reference images found, and even a new wide angle lens purchased, all that remained was to have fun and take the photos. Thankfully, Habitat 67 is quite photographic and the light was still low enough to pla... more »

The documentary about my end-to-end cycle tour of Japan one month after the 2011 quake just reached 1/4 million views. Thanks to all who've viewed it, this is well beyond the attention I expected it would get. I hope it helps people remember to set big goals and believe in them. ﻿

The documentary about my end-to-end cycle tour of Japan one month after the 2011 quake just reached 1/4 million views. Thanks to all who've viewed it, this is well beyond the attention I expected it would get. I hope it helps people remember to set big goals and believe in them. ﻿___

To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of crossing the finish line of Japan by Bicycle, I've released the full film and 300+ page eBook for free at JapanByBicycle.com. This 3500km end-to-end cycle run across Japan I took with Scott R Keenan and Dylan Gunning 1 month after the 2011 earthquake was the most awesome adventure I've ever been on. Hopefully the film and eBook inspire people to dream big.

Enjoy and please share it with anyone you know who is obsessed with Japan.

To celebrate the 2 year anniversary of crossing the finish line of Japan by Bicycle, I've released the full film and 300+ page eBook for free at JapanByBicycle.com. This 3500km end-to-end cycle run across Japan I took with Scott R Keenan and Dylan Gunning 1 month after the 2011 earthquake was the most awesome adventure I've ever been on. Hopefully the film and eBook inspire people to dream big.

Enjoy and please share it with anyone you know who is obsessed with Japan.

A few crazy Japan by Bicycle stats:Total distance: 3,518 kmHours pedaling: 175 hours, 1 minute (according to odometer)Days taken: 43Final crash count: Andrew: 4; Scott: 3; Dylan: 0Total nights camping: 25. Dylan had 26 since he camped every night on his solo trek of Shikoku.Longest distance covered in one day: 222 km from Nagoya to Fuji, Shizuoka Pref., in about 10 hours of pedal time, on Day 27.

Thanks to +Matthew Matthew J. Bolduc for writing the film's soundtrack, Bradley Loewen for translating the subtitles into Japanese, Yannick McLeod for the awesome title graphic illustration, and my beautiful wife Lori Marston for letting me devote over 300 hours to making the film and eBook. — with Bradley Loewen and 19 others at Japan.﻿___

In this interview +Artur Heller and +Anetta Heller talk about how Camerapixo started and how it's grown to quickly reach over a million people. Not only do they do a great job creating worthwhile content and promoting brilliant photographers, they’ve created a unique model for how to start a magazine a that others would do well to follow.

In this interview +Artur Heller and +Anetta Heller talk about how Camerapixo started and how it's grown to quickly reach over a million people. Not only do they do a great job creating worthwhile content and promoting brilliant photographers, they’ve created a unique model for how to start a magazine a that others would do well to follow.

Architectural Photography by the Olsons!(interview here: goo.gl/5ME0Z - Re-share for those who missed it. )

Last month I received a direct mailer for architectural photography from Olson Photographic. Although my architectural photography needs were all set, the photo was too good to ignore. After being thoroughly wow’ed by their portfolio site, I just had to have them on The Unframed World.

Read their story about becoming pro architectural photographers: goo.gl/5ME0Z

#architecture #photography﻿

Architectural Photography by the Olsons!(interview here: goo.gl/5ME0Z - Re-share for those who missed it. )

Last month I received a direct mailer for architectural photography from Olson Photographic. Although my architectural photography needs were all set, the photo was too good to ignore. After being thoroughly wow’ed by their portfolio site, I just had to have them on The Unframed World.

Read their story about becoming pro architectural photographers: goo.gl/5ME0Z

──────────────────────────────────────────── Wide Wednesday Panorama "thank you" circle ────── 09 May 2012 ──────────────────────────────────────────── It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone that contributed to Wide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

──────────────────────────────────────────── Wide Wednesday Panorama "thank you" circle ────── 09 May 2012 ──────────────────────────────────────────── It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone that contributed to Wide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

Thanks for joining us! See you next week.

~ +Andrew Marston

Note: we want to be up front. Many of the people in this circle received a "notification" that we added them to our circles. This is a temporary circle and we can't keep everyone in the long term. We will keep people that have circled us as long as we can but, we may need to drop some of the people that added us.

Last month I received a direct mailer for architectural photography from Olson Photographic. Although my architectural photography needs were all set, the photo was too good to ignore. After being thoroughly wow’ed by their portfolio site, I just had to have them on The Unframed World.

Read their story about becoming pro architectural photographers: goo.gl/5ME0Z

Last month I received a direct mailer for architectural photography from Olson Photographic. Although my architectural photography needs were all set, the photo was too good to ignore. After being thoroughly wow’ed by their portfolio site, I just had to have them on The Unframed World.

Read their story about becoming pro architectural photographers: goo.gl/5ME0Z

Japan in a NutshellI can verify that 2 years in Japan is only enough to crack the surface of this curious, endearing, and infinitely deep culture. Here are some of my top shots from my time there. Enjoy and share them around.

Anyone else been Japan and have fond memories? Where did you go? What did you do? I'm really craving some Japan stories right now.

#photography #japan﻿

Japan in a NutshellI can verify that 2 years in Japan is only enough to crack the surface of this curious, endearing, and infinitely deep culture. Here are some of my top shots from my time there. Enjoy and share them around.

Anyone else been Japan and have fond memories? Where did you go? What did you do? I'm really craving some Japan stories right now.

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.

This serene and empty view of The Temple of Heaven in Beijing was one of the trickiest locations I’ve ever had to shoot. It took me 2 visits to capture it but thankfully my perseverance (and rigid stubbornness) paid off.

I’ve always had a secret weapon for minimizing crowds and capturing my scenes free and clear of people. It may seem simple but all it takes is getting up early. I know it sucks getting up before the sun rises but it assures that you arrive at the location way before the tour busses do. It’s worked in every country I’ve visited except for China. All I have to say is, HOLY SHIT can those people get up early.

At the Temple Of Heaven Park, the tour busses were rolling in at 6:30am. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. In Europe for example, the earliest I’ve seen a tour bus show up is 8:00am, which -- in most cases -- is plenty of time after sunrise and AM Golden Hour.

So, to make a long rant short, I shot this just before the Temple of Heaven closed. This was captured literally 2 minutes before the uniformed guards blew the whistle on my little operation. I’m not speaking metaphorically either, they were actually blowing whistles at me.﻿___Chinese tourists vs +Elia Locardi. Good story.

Yesterday's series of intergalactic jellyfish (goo.gl/zk3wU) is slightly different than the usual Monday travel post on The Unframed World (as you'll gather from the Lightroom screenshots). However, allow me to talk about my approach to photogrpahy for a moment. Usually I only select the single, most beautiful photo from my travels, edit it for hours and post it with behind the scenes Photoshop screen shots. After last Friday’s interview with Japan photographer +Martin Bailey _(full interview link: goo.gl/FSsdF)_ I was blown away to learn that Martin usually only spends around 30 seconds per picture! He admits that there are better photographers out there, but at the end of the day his photos of Japan are still breathtaking and support him as a full-time professional photographer. That number, 30 seconds, stuck in my m... more »

The 30 Second Challenge - Approaching Post-Processing

Yesterday's series of intergalactic jellyfish (goo.gl/zk3wU) is slightly different than the usual Monday travel post on The Unframed World (as you'll gather from the Lightroom screenshots). However, allow me to talk about my approach to photogrpahy for a moment. Usually I only select the single, most beautiful photo from my travels, edit it for hours and post it with behind the scenes Photoshop screen shots. After last Friday’s interview with Japan photographer +Martin Bailey _(full interview link: goo.gl/FSsdF)_ I was blown away to learn that Martin usually only spends around 30 seconds per picture! He admits that there are better photographers out there, but at the end of the day his photos of Japan are still breathtaking and support him as a full-time professional photographer. That number, 30 seconds, stuck in my mind since I heard it. Even if I cut my average processing time in half, Martin still has me by over an hour (I bet I spend around 2.5 hours per picture) AND he has more images to share on his blog and podcast.

Do they all make it to his portfolio? No.

Is it ok that he shows the world some of his non-portfolio shots? I think so. In fact, I’m very glad he does because I loooove visiting his site to see them.

So back to this 30 second thing. Here I am sorting though my images from the New England Aquarium. I see several shots of jellyfish I like and my first thought is “I like these… but none of them stand very well on their own. Plus, there isn’t a whole lot to edit in Photoshop. I’d probably just use Lightroom and call it good.” So I pass them by. But then I think about Martin’s approach, and I also think about how my initial reaction to the photos was positive and also how I’ve been wanting to share more photos on this photo blog. So, I challenged myself to get out of my somewhat jaded, post-processing comfort-zone of meticulously massaging a single shot in Photoshop for hours.

I made 30 seconds per shot my goal.

I ended up caving and took about 15 minutes total for the whole batch… in one way I failed. But at the same time, this still means I ended up with an extra 135 minutes I don’t normally have AND more pictures to post than usual. The key though is that I’m still happy with the shots.

I really enjoyed this challenge even though it was quite difficult. In the future I hope to progressively become less jaded in my Photoshop-to-death mindset. Just because I have several tools in my tool bag, doesn’t mean I need to use them all every time, however most likely I’ll still spend more than 15min per image in the future.﻿___

Space Jellyfish in the Basement(Even more space jellyfish pics: http://goo.gl/zk3wU )There’s nothing like reaching the end of a great aquarium (like the New England Aquarium), and finding that they keep a whole display of just jellyfish in the basement. #photography #lightroom #Boston #underwater﻿

Space Jellyfish in the Basement(Even more space jellyfish pics: http://goo.gl/zk3wU )There’s nothing like reaching the end of a great aquarium (like the New England Aquarium), and finding that they keep a whole display of just jellyfish in the basement. #photography #lightroom #Boston #underwater﻿___

He's managed to accomplish what every photo bloggers dreams of doing. He is fully supported by his photography. As he describes in the interview, it didn’t happen overnight and it wasn’t easy. Hearing him talk about how everything evolved, his life abroad, and insight into his photographic process really motivates me to keep pursuing my own path with a fresh determination.

Hopefully it will do the same for you. And ya… the Japan photos helped a lot too. Thanks again Martin. Keep it up!﻿

Photo Blogging to Photo Business in JapanHow +Martin Bailey Turned Photography into a Career

He's managed to accomplish what every photo bloggers dreams of doing. He is fully supported by his photography. As he describes in the interview, it didn’t happen overnight and it wasn’t easy. Hearing him talk about how everything evolved, his life abroad, and insight into his photographic process really motivates me to keep pursuing my own path with a fresh determination.

Hopefully it will do the same for you. And ya… the Japan photos helped a lot too. Thanks again Martin. Keep it up!﻿___

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.http://unframedworld.com/2012/05/visual-photo-critique-walk-the-line/ #btlcritique #critiquepls #photography #photographydiscussion #photographytips﻿

Visual Photo Critiques: Walk the LineHave your shots critiqued! Leave an image URL in the comments here on G+ or on the linked article to be included in next week's Visual Photo Critique!

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.http://unframedworld.com/2012/05/visual-photo-critique-walk-the-line/ #btlcritique #critiquepls #photography #photographydiscussion #photographytips﻿___

This is a step in the right direction, but what I really want is some sort of online storage that can hold several TB of files so I can back-up my photo archive to someplace safer than external HDs in my closet.

Google releases "Google Drive"

Watch out drop box...Google Drive is here. If Google is getting into cloud storage...consider me curious.

Link to Android Store version﻿___This is a step in the right direction, but what I really want is some sort of online storage that can hold several TB of files so I can back-up my photo archive to someplace safer than external HDs in my closet.

Where to Write a Great Novel – The Gateway to Vermont in Winter(Post processing screens and insight: http://goo.gl/JZcRo )

What you don’t see in this picture is the 2 foot snow drift I’m standing in. Although my ankle-high waterproof hiking shoes lived up to their L.L.Bean guarantee, I was defenseless to stop slushy chunks of ice from sliding into the shoes themselves. Fortunately (unfortunately for my ankles), I zone-out pretty hardcore when taking pictures and only noticed sensation leaving my frozen feet once returning to the car.

Post Processing – No Tone Mapping!?!?!

This week I took the No Tone Mapping Challenge! Sounds like a real competition right? Haha! I made it up just now, but I’m glad it was convincing. But no, I didn’t even open Photomatix for this shot. It’s all old school Photoshop masking and adjustment layers. The reason for do... more »

Where to Write a Great Novel – The Gateway to Vermont in Winter(Post processing screens and insight: http://goo.gl/JZcRo )

What you don’t see in this picture is the 2 foot snow drift I’m standing in. Although my ankle-high waterproof hiking shoes lived up to their L.L.Bean guarantee, I was defenseless to stop slushy chunks of ice from sliding into the shoes themselves. Fortunately (unfortunately for my ankles), I zone-out pretty hardcore when taking pictures and only noticed sensation leaving my frozen feet once returning to the car.

Post Processing – No Tone Mapping!?!?!

This week I took the No Tone Mapping Challenge! Sounds like a real competition right? Haha! I made it up just now, but I’m glad it was convincing. But no, I didn’t even open Photomatix for this shot. It’s all old school Photoshop masking and adjustment layers. The reason for doing this was to make sure I wasn’t going soft and relying on Photomatix or my standard HDR workflow too much. Also, because “HDR” tone mapping programs are basically just a time saving tools. Their algorithms distribute contrast and value over an image just as Photoshop allows you to do by masking Curves adjustment layers. Of course, I’m all about saving time, but in many cases Photomatix blind algorithms add glow and noise and sacrifice detail. To make a long story short, this shot is not “HDR” and I’m okay with that.

What’s your take on HDR? I’m curious to know how others are implementing it in their photography. Any plug-ins you can recommend? I use Photomatix but don’t have any experience with the others. Fill us in on your workflow in the comments.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photographs...People either love it or hate it and some just mute the post when they hear about HDR :-))). Most obvious use of HDR is to manage extreme tonal range as seen in the image from Grand Canyon.

The question often come up "When is it necessary to manage tonal?" In today's world it is more often than we would like. I have used iHDR workflow (manual blending workflow developed by +Varina Patel and I) to capture images in total Darkness with light painting, during middle of afternoon at Yellowstone & Glacier, to photograph birds in Everglades, at Moraine Lake in Canada and the list goes on.

I have arranged first 30 images in this album to showcase High Dynamic Range images. How many would you have recognized at being a high dynamic range images?

Here is a brief overview of iHDR workflow: http://www.photographybyvarina.com/photography/videos/ihdr-workflow-overview

Enjoy & Share.___________﻿___From +Jay Patel himself on HDR and a link to to his (and +Varina Patel's) iHDR workflow. Good points and great share.

Underwater Photography and More: +Erika Thornes in Her Own WordsFrom amazing underwater shots to blow-your-mind silhouette work to adorable baby portrait photos, +Erika Thornes is one amazing photographer. She was gracious enough to take an interview and talks about her shooting/processing techniques, becoming a photographer, owning a photo business and more in this week's Friday spotlight on The Unframed World.

Underwater Photography and More: +Erika Thornes in Her Own WordsFrom amazing underwater shots to blow-your-mind silhouette work to adorable baby portrait photos, +Erika Thornes is one amazing photographer. She was gracious enough to take an interview and talks about her shooting/processing techniques, becoming a photographer, owning a photo business and more in this week's Friday spotlight on The Unframed World.

──────────────────────────────────────────── Wide Wednesday Panorama "thank you" circle ────── 25 April 2012 ──────────────────────────────────────────── It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone that contributed to Wide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

──────────────────────────────────────────── Wide Wednesday Panorama "thank you" circle ────── 25 April 2012 ──────────────────────────────────────────── It was my pleasure to curate the theme with +Lucille Galleli & +Ken McMahon. We had another fantastic week of entries, thank you all! We tried to view and comment on everyone's entries (especially if you mentioned us directly in the post), and it was also great to see a lot of community involvement in the comments of each image. Keep up the community support!

Hopefully this circle includes everyone that contributed to Wide Wednesday Panorama this week, but experience says we missed some. Everyone is important to the success of the theme.

Thanks for joining us! See you next week.

~ +Andrew Marston

Note: we want to be up front. Many of the people in this circle received a "notification" that we added them to our circles. This is a temporary circle and we can't keep everyone in the long term. We will keep people that have circled us as long as we can but, we may need to drop some of the people that added us.

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.﻿

Visual Photo Critiques: Crop Dusting!Have your shots critiqued! Leave an image URL in the comments here on G+ or on the linked article to be included in next week's Visual Photo Critique!

Getting and giving feedback is crucial to growing as a photographer. Although style is subjective, learning how to communicate and sharpening technical skills is imperative. With that in mind, don’t be shy, take me up on my offer to critique your work.﻿___

David Duprey / APBirds perch on a branch during a spring snowstorm in Pembroke, N.Y. on April 23.﻿___Too cute not to share. Great shot +Dee Dell.Happy Tuesday everyone! What's top of your to-do list today?

To my chagrin, Marie Reine du Monde in Montreal does not have a public restroom. After inventing about an hour of uncomfortable shooting and I had also invented several very post-modern dance moves and decided it was time to go (in more ways than one :-). I briskly walked to the nearby Marriott hotel. This also provided Lori the chance to ask directions to beautiful Notre Dame while I visited the little boys room (tee hee). Upon my return, she was still wrapped up in conversation with the concierge and took the opportunity to photograph handsome staircase. It reminds me of the staircase in my future mansion that I’ll likely never buy, except this one doesn’t have a monocle wearing butler coming down it with a hot cappuccino. Ah well, nothing can be perfect right?